##pt any turkish attack against the strategically important suez canal , and with a view to opening another front against the central powers . aiming to knock turkey out of the war the british then decided to stage an amphibious lodge ##ment at gall ##ip ##oli and following a period of training and reorganisation the australians were included amongst the british , indian and french forces committed to the campaign . the combined australian and new zealand army corps ( anzac ) — commanded by british general william bird ##wood — subsequently landed at anzac cove on the gall ##ip ##oli peninsula on 25 april 1915 . although promising to transform the war if successful , the gall ##ip ##oli campaign was ill @ - @ conceived and
##pt any turkish attack against the strategically important suez canal, and with a view to opening another front against the central powers. aiming to knock turkey out of the war the british then decided to stage an amphibious lodgement at gallipoli and following a period of training and reorganisation the australians were included amongst the british, indian and french forces committed to the campaign. the combined australian and new zealand army corps ( anzac ) — commanded by british general william birdwood — subsequently landed at anzac cove on the gallipoli peninsula on 25 april 1915. although promising to transform the war if successful, the gallipoli campaign was ill @ - @ conceived and